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techguy/world-countries-api
===========================

This package has api pointing to https://restcountries.eu. Fetches and stores all the countries in your local database.

v1.1.9(4y ago)0837MITPHP

Since Jul 18Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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**World Countries API**
-----------------------

[](#world-countries-api)

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

This package has api pointing to . Fetches and stores all the countries in your local database.

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

The recommended way to install *world-countries-api* is through. [Composer](http://getcomposer.org).

```
# Install package via composer
composer require techguy/world-countries-api
```

Next, run the Composer command to install the latest stable version of *techguy/world-countries-api*:

```
# Update package via composer
 composer update techguy/world-countries-api --lock
```

After installing, the package will be auto discovered, But if need you may run:

```
# run for auto discovery
composer dump-autoload
```

Then run this, to get the for your own configurations:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="World\Countries\WorldCountriesServiceProvider"
```

You will have to add this in the *database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder*. Before using the package model seed data for the countries:

Set your *ACCESS\_KEY* in the **.env** file.

```
COUNTRY_ACCESS_KEY=
```

```
        /**
         * Seed the application's database.
         *
         * @return void
         */
        public function run()
        {
             // other seeds...
             $this->call(\World\Countries\Seeds\WorldCountriesTableSeeder::class);
        }

         /**
         * -------------------------------------
         * This is the sample data on how the
         * country data is stored in an object
         * -------------------------------------
         */
        {
        "id": "6ad0db80-c93b-11ea-9af5-bd4193f081f6",
        "name": "Kenya",
        "slug": "kenya",
        "data": {
            "flag": "https://restcountries.eu/data/ken.svg",
            "name": "Kenya",
            "capital": "Nairobi",
            "short2Code": "KE",
            "short3Code": "KEN",
            "callingCode": "254",
            "currencyCode": "KES",
            "currencyName": "Kenyan shilling"
        },
        "deleted_at": null,
        "created_at": "2020-07-18T21:12:42.000000Z",
        "updated_at": "2020-07-18T21:12:42.000000Z"
        }
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Follow the steps below on how to use the *world-countries-api*:

Version Guidance
----------------

[](#version-guidance)

VersionStatusPackagistNamespaceRepo1.xLatest`techguy/world-countries-api``World\Countries`[v1.1.7](https://github.com/dev-techguy/world-countries/releases/tag/v1.1.7)Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

For any security vulnerabilities, please email to [Bugs Support](mailto:bugs@shiftech.co.ke).

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is open-source, licensed under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 64.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~57 days

Recently: every ~71 days

Total

11

Last Release

1556d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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